Adventure for Love

Surprisingly not bad for a time travel caper

At less than 15 minutes for 24 episodes I knew I’d be able to get through it quite quickly but actually found myself enjoying it.

The time travel aspect made it quite interesting and though she lost her memory, she was a modern girl transported in time to save our male lead.

The villains always seem to have the upper hand for 95% of the drama otherwise this would’ve been a 7 possibly an 8.

I put this down to Chinese culture always trying to maintain the status quo.

Indoctrinating its people into believing that if you have a high status then everyone else is beneath you and should accept whatever nastiness comes your way even though you’re righteous and a good guy.

The Lord of the city was constantly plotting against our heroes while they were constantly defending against his schemes.

I just wish for once the roles were reversed and we could see our heroes actually fight back and deliver the same kind of ruthlessness to the villains that they receive themselves.

My only major complaint is the wishy-washy ending. She confessed everything to him that she would be leaving in three days and she was from the future which he didn’t seem to understand and then he was asleep by himself after they spent the night together and she was gone , THE END.
I don’t know why the editors must’ve had to chop this up, but it seemed ridiculous.

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Great acting, lackluster ending

I watch a lot of mini dramas and this is one of the better ones ive seen when it comes to production, acting, and editing. The MC have great chemistry and both brought their A game. Its funny, sweet, dramatic and sad. Pacing is good until you realize you're on episode 23 and there is still much to be resolved and very little time to do it. This is where they did us dirty. I would have liked to see things play out, instead we get a 3 month time skip via a coma and a brief conversation about what certain characters are doing now. And no, there is no heart to heart about all the deceit that went on even though the main guy offers to explain. Because the "i'm in a simulation and ive lost my memory" plot finally comes back around and nothing really matters anymore. Theres a few sweet and sad scenes and then poof the girl disappears. The end.
Its really too bad that so much good work went into a short drama like this only to have such a crappy ending. But it happens so often i guess i should be used to it by now.
Id still recommend it for the chemistry.

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Mellow, romantic and thought provoking if you watch with open mind

Don't want to put too many details and spoilers so let's just say this is a story of two people who are distrustful of each other, loathe each other's scheming, but make a pact and in the process learn to communicate, express feelings and accept lies, imperfections and betrayal.
What I liked was the script (story and dialogues) delivered by the actors with good skill. Chemistry between the leads is there, but I know that some folks will not like the monotonous face of the ML and animated FL. However, if you watch till the end, you will know why he is depressed and reserved even when knowing his woman loves him and she gains that same mature love expressiveness in the end as well. Secondary actors did a good job embodying their characters, I personally liked FL's father and stepmother.
Music was fitting and lovely. Camera work so so at times, but overall mood created by specific light, angles and closeups was fantastic. It did not have the dramatic feel of Hard to Find, or Money is Coming, but I felt like someone was trying to get us into similar experience as that watching In the Mood for Love. Good editing and for the connoisseurs of kisses the last episode is not to be missed.
Fight scenes or combat was non-existent and thank the heaven no annoying 2FL although there was 2ML budging in.
The most standing out things for me was the (and I apologize for anybody who is not familiar with the Western movies) "gotcha" comment like that in Wag the Dog (what are we paying attention to and why?) and the whole idea of the soul #0598 who gets sent on the mission at different eras. Or at least that is what I got from it.

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